WELLINGTON: New Zealand police said on Wednesday (May 17) a fire at a hostel in the capital, Wellington, in which at least six people were killed was suspected to have been arson and they
was suspected to have been arson and they had opened a homicide inquiry.
Following a health and safety assessment, police said investigators hoped to enter the 92-room building in the afternoon to begin their investigation, and find and identify the dead. Police said on Wednesday that some people were missing, putting the number at less than 20 people. They said some of the missing residents of the hostel might just be unaccounted for.
The cause of the fire was not known but police said there was a couch fire late on Monday, two hours before the fatal fire, but it had not been reported to emergency services at the time.
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